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A6
news
Guardian www.guardian.co.tt Wednesday, January 28, 2015
YVONNE WEBB
While former prime min-
ister and leader of the PNM
Patrick Manning has indi-
cated his readiness and will-
ingness to extend his record
43 years as the parliamen-
tary representative for San
Fernando East in the next
general election, there is no
guarantee he will be nom-
inated or selected.
Constituency PRO Antho-
ny Clarke said according to
the party s constitution the
consent to be nominated was
only the first part of the
process.
He said only when an indi-
vidual submitted a consent
letter would the party groups
have a pool from which to
chose from and forward for
screening.
The constituency remains
divided over Manning s deci-
sion to vie for the position
of MP having spent consid-
erable time during this term
of office out of the Parlia-
ment due to ill health.
As of yesterday, Manning
was the only candidate to
have offered himself for
nomination following the
new February 6 deadline set
for nominees, after three
candidates---Kenny Phillips,
Eber Steele-Attong and
Christopher Chinapoo---were
rejected at last Thursday s
screening at the South
regional office.
"All he (Manning) has done
is indicated he is willing to
be nominated.
"Party groups still have an
option of either nominating
him or not and then the
screening committee will still
have the option of screening
all nominees put up by the
party groups," Clarke explain.
Manning failed to meet the
December 24 deadline for
nomination pending a med-
ical assessment to determine
his preparedness for electoral
politics and he sought an
extension.
The party denied the
extension and general secre-
tary Ashton Forde appealed
to the executive to abide with
them.
Yesterday Forde, a member
of the screening committee,
refused to be drawn into
offering any opinion about
Manning s suitability to be a
candidate.
He said once nomination
was open, any member was
eligible to seek nomination
and all it required was the
recommendation of one
party group.
GAIL ALEXANDER
Bow out and retire with grace or risk destroying
your legacy and fuelling problems in the PNM.
That s the advice PNM Tobago West chairman
Stanford Callender is giving former party leader
Patrick Manning after Manning said on Monday
he was open to being nominated for the seat.
Callender said yesterday: "The party does not
belong to Mr Manning. He has no right to the party.
It s for all of us. You must know when you have
served and allow others to do the same."
PNM general secretary Ashton Ford said if nom-
inated, Manning would face the screening team as
he was entitled to contest if he wished.
But Callender, who was Tobago West MP in Man-
ning s Government and worked with Manning as
minister of state in the prime minister s office, was
angry at the development with Manning s decision,
saying it would prevent the PNM from growing
and expanding.
Callender said: "I m also saddened when I listen
to what is emerging with our former leader and
prime minister. I am concerned he is in a state of
denial and I hope something can get him out of
that.
"One of the problems I have with regional per-
sonalities is that they don t know when to leave
the scene.
"My former leader is on course to destroy what
remains of his legacy. There s no denying he has
served T&T well and the nation delights in his con-
tribution but there comes a time when you have
to move on and those encouraging him in this fool-
ishness are not doing him any favours."
"In fact they are being very unkind to him. I,
however, would want to wish him well on his retire-
ment from public life. Let the man go and relax.
It makes me sad as a PNMite for what he s putting
himself through.
"There must be a time when you have to go.
This is my problem with some in the region who
don t understand that and try to hold on but they
have served and must bow out with grace," Callender
said.
"I heard him say he has been a leader and knows
how to follow but having gone through that stage,
he is not following anyone but his own inclination
now."
Asked what impact Manning s decision will have
on the party, Callender said: "It will cause the PNM
problems. There should be a smooth transition."
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Spot for Manning
not a done deal
'Consent nomination only first part'
Callender to ex-PM:
Go home and relax
MORE INFO
First public speech in three years
On Monday night, Manning, given
a new lifeline to serve as an MP,
surprised many of his constituents
when he walked to the podium at
the Pleasantville Community Centre
to make his first public address
since he suffered a stroke in
January 2012.
He began his 15-minute
discourse, which was punctuated by
lusty applause, apologising for his
slurred speech saying: "My speech
is not the best but it could work."
He said he had intended to
address them on January 2 after
nomination closed to advise them
he had decided to bow out and
name a successor.
However, he said, earlier this year
he observed a positive dramatic
turnaround in his health and after
the nomination was extended
decided to toss his hat into the
political ring.
"The way I feel now is leaps and
bounds over how I felt, even on
January 2," he told the audience,
which included his wife Hazel.
He said his doctor, who he met
last Saturday, "was taken aback
with the progress made since our
previous visit. In short, the news on
the health front, for me, is very, very
good. I too am astonished."
He said he saw his private
Washington-based doctor during
her visit to her native Trinidad on
December 24 and she advised while
he had made tremendous strides he
was not completely healed.
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The constituency remains divided over Manning's decision to vie for
the position of MP having spent considerable time during this term
of office out of the Parliament due to ill health.
Patrick Manning